The Money Blog
Tips, strategies, & More
How to begin investing without losing your power
This article originally appeared on stnce.ca as a special 3 part series called "The Empowered Woman's Guide to Investing" "I want to get started with investing but I have no idea where to begin. I need to learn more, but I don’t want to feel talked down to, simply...
The best birthday gift ever
43 years ago today, a baby was born struggling to breathe. When the doctor's forceps pulled her out of the birth canal, she wasn't crying. She was whisked away to the ICU after being quickly shown to her mother, not allowed to be touched. A tube was stuck down her...
Is trauma the portal to spiritual awakening?
This article originally appeared as a guest blog post in Universoul Awakening It has been said that psychology and spirituality have opposite goals. Psychology is about reclaiming the disowned parts of self in order to feel whole, while spirituality is about...
What everybody needs to know about trauma
I considered titling this article "before you judge someone, read this". It should be the effect once you're done reading it, but what I'm about to share is so much more than a way to keep a bad habit in check. I recently attended a 3 day conference as part of my...
8 things I wish I knew before becoming my own boss
It’s March 22 and Spring is finally here. Hallelujah! Even more significant, it marks a special anniversary for me. Three years ago today was my last day as a salaried employee. Back then, I didn’t know I was going to become an entrepreneur. I only knew that a...
A dollar saved isn’t a dollar earned. It’s much more.
Hello frigid February! Is it just me, or is 2019 flying by for you too? In our three-part new years series last month, we explored what creates good financial health. As a refresher, we talked about the importance of setting up savings and debt elimination plans, and...
The cure for your post-holiday spending hangover – part 3
Today is the final tip in our 3 part series to get our finances on the right track for 2019. So far we’ve covered savings and debt. Now it’s time to look at spending...or more precisely, how to spend money correctly! I want you to feel into something that you really,...
The cure for your post-holiday spending hangover – part 2
It's a brand new year and we're looking at simple yet powerful ways to create good financial health. Yesterday we explored how easy it is to begin an automatic savings plan. Today, in part two of our series, let’s take a closer look at what so many of us fear - debt....
The cure for your post-holiday spending hangover – part 1
Happy 2019! Is it just me, or did the new year sneak up on you too? If you're like most of us, you've made some snazzy New Years resolutions, and they might just include money - saving more, earning more, and truly feeling abundant. So, over the next three days...
My top 10 tips to create life-changing wealth
Despite our culture's obsession with getting rich overnight, creating wealth is truly a long-term game. To set yourself up to be successful, it's best to think of the tortoise as opposed to the hare. Slow and steady wins the race. For most of us, this will require...